Reading list: Martin Edwards: The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books -- Other Books Mentioned; Part 1 (Ch. 1-5)

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Chapter 1: A New Era Dawns
Chapter 2: The Birth of the Golden Age
Chapter 3: The Great Detectives
Chapter 4: Play Up! Play Up! and Play the Game! (playing fair with the reader)
Chapter 5: Miraculous Murders (locked room mysteries and impossible crimes)

The "100 [Main] Books" Presented: http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/827/martin-edwards-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books-the-100-books-presented

The Remaining Supplemental Lists:

Other Books Mentioned; Part 2 (Chapters 6 & 7): http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/829/martin-edwards-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books-other-books-mentioned-part-2-ch-6-10

Other Books Mentioned; Part 3 (Ch. 8-10): http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/830/martin-edwards-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books-other-books-mentioned-part-3-ch-8-10

Other Books Mentioned; Part 4 (Ch. 11-15): http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/831/martin-edwards-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books-other-books-mentioned-part-4-ch-11-15

Other Books Mentioned; Part 5 (Ch. 16-20): http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/833/martin-edwards-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books-other-books-mentioned-part-5-ch-16-20

Other Books Mentioned; Part 6 (Ch. 21-24): http://booklikes.com/apps/reading-lists/834/martin-edwards-the-story-of-classic-crime-in-100-books-other-books-mentioned-part-6-ch-21-24

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Books: 116

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Strong Poison

by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Gaudy Night

by Dorothy L. Sayers

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Lonely Magdalen: A Murder Story

by Henry Wade

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The Ingenious Mr Stone or The Documents In The Lan... - Robert Player

The Ingenious Mr Stone or The Documents In The Langdon-Mills Case

by Robert Player

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The Golden Age of Murder

by Martin Edwards

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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

by E.W. Hornung, Richard Lancelyn Green

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Private Detective Martin Hewitt - Complete Collect... - Arthur Morrison

Private Detective Martin Hewitt - Complete Collection: 25 Detective Stories

by Arthur Morrison

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The Complete Adventures of Romney Pringle

by Clifford Ashdown

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10.

The Old Man in the Corner

by Emmuska Orczy

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11.

Skin o' My Tooth

by Emmuska Orczy

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12.

Unravelled Knots

by Emmuska Orczy

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13.

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

by Emmuska Orczy

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14.

The Complete Adventures of Judith Lee

by Richard Marsh

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15.

Dora Myrl: The Lady Detective (Black Heath Classic... - M. McDonnell Bodkin

Dora Myrl: The Lady Detective (Black Heath Classic Crime)

by M. McDonnell Bodkin

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Paul Beck: The Rule of Thumb Detective (Black Heat... - M. McDonnell Bodkin

Paul Beck: The Rule of Thumb Detective (Black Heath Classic Crime)

by M. McDonnell Bodkin

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17.

Young Beck: A Chip of the Old Block (Classic Repri... - Matthias M'Donnell Bodkin

Young Beck: A Chip of the Old Block (Classic Reprint)

by Matthias M'Donnell Bodkin

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18.

The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

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19.

Professor Van Dusen: The Thinking Machine

by Jacques Futrelle

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20.

The Adventure of the Empty House

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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21.

The Speckled Band

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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22.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

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23.

Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction

by Patricia Highsmith

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24.

Luck of the Vails

by E.F. Benson

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25.

The Donnington Affair

by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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26.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

by G.K. Chesterton

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27.

The Man Who Was Thursday

by G.K. Chesterton

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28.

The Four Feathers

by A.E.W. Mason, Michael G. Wood

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29.

The House of the Arrow

by A.E.W. Mason

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30.

The House in Lordship Lane

by A. E. W. Mason

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31.

The Singing Bone: The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke

by R. Austin Freeman

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32.

The Red Thumb Mark

by R. Austin Freeman

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33.

The Chink in the Armour

by Marie Belloc Lowndes

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34.

What Really Happened

by Marie Belloc Lowndes

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35.

The Nursemaid who Disappeared

by Philip MacDonald

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36.

The Noose

by Philip MacDonald

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37.

The List of Adrian Messenger

by Philip MacDonald

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38.

The Maze: An Exercise in Detection

by Philip MacDonald, Julian Symons

Note: aka "Persons Unknown"

39.

The Problemist: The Complete Adventures of Thornle... - Clinton H. Stagg

The Problemist: The Complete Adventures of Thornley Colton, Blind Detective

by Clinton H. Stagg

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40.

The Bravo of London

by Ernest Bramah

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41.

Trent Intervenes & Other Stories (Philip Trent)

by E.C. Bentley

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42.

Trent's Own Case (Philip Trent)

by E.C. Bentley

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43.

The Uncounted Hour

by Warner Allen

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44.

The Ware Case

by George Pleydell

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45.

The Devouring Fire

by Lord Gorell

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46.

Red Lilac

by Ronald Gorell Barnes

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The adventures of Archer Dawe, sleuth-ho...

The adventures of Archer Dawe, sleuth-hound

by J.S. Fletcher

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48.

Todmanhawe Grange

by J.S. FLETCHER

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Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Cri... - Julian Symons

Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel

by Julian Symons

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50.

The Players and the Game

by Julian Symons

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51.

Gone Girl

by Gillian Flynn

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52.

The Shooting Party

by Anton Chekhov, Ronald Wilks, John Sutherland

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53.

The Grouse Moor Murder: A Francis MacNab Mystery

by John Alexander Ferguson

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54.

The Ha-Ha Case

by J. J. Connington

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The Eye in the Museum

by J.J. Connington

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56.

The Ponson Case

by Freeman Wills Crofts

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57.

The Groote Park Murder

by Freeman Wills Crofts

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58.

The Hog's Back Mystery

by Freeman Wills Crofts

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59.

The Fourth Wall: A Detective Story in Three Acts

by A.A. Milne

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60.

The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher: Or The Murder At Ro... - Kate Summerscale

The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher: Or The Murder At Road Hill House (Tv Tie In Edition)

by Kate Summerscale

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61.

The Miss Silver Mysteries: Grey Mask, The Case Is ... - Patricia Wentworth

The Miss Silver Mysteries: Grey Mask, The Case Is Closed, and Lonesome Road

by Patricia Wentworth

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62.

The billiard-room mystery

by Brian Flynn

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63.

Conspiracy at Angel

by Brian Flynn

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64.

Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie

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65.

Poirot Investigates

by Agatha Christie

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66.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

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67.

Three Act Tragedy

by Agatha Christie

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68.

The Complete Tommy And Tuppence

by Agatha Christie

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69.

The Attenbury Emeralds

by Jill Paton Walsh

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70.

Jumping Jenny

by Anthony Berkeley

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71.

Who's Calling?

by Helen McCloy

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72.

Mr. Splitfoot

by Helen McCloy

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73.

Buried for Pleasure (Gervase Fen, #6)

by Edmund Crispin

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74.

Traitor's Purse

by Margery Allingham

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75.

The Thin Man

by Dashiell Hammett

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76.

The Baffle Book: A Parlour Game of Mystery and Det... - F. Tennyson Jesse

The Baffle Book: A Parlour Game of Mystery and Detection

by F. Tennyson Jesse

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77.

Documentary Evidence

by E. R. Punshon, Gavin L. O'Keefe, Gavin L. O'Keefe, Robertson Halket

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78.

Murder Off Miami (Crime Dossier, #1)

by Dennis Wheatley

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79.

The Torquemada Puzzle Book: A Miscellany & Cain"s Jawbone, A Torquemada Mystery Novel.

by Edward Powys Mathers

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80.

Murder on Safari

by Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley

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81.

The African Poison Murders

by Elspeth Huxley

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82.

Obelists Fly High

by C. Daly King

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83.

The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor

by Cameron McCabe, Ernst Bornemann

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84.

Dumb Vengeance - Stella Tower

Dumb Vengeance

by Stella Tower

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85.

The Scoop and Behind the Screen

by Dorothy L. Sayers, The Detection Club, Agatha Christie

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86.

The Sinking Admiral

by The Detection Club, Simon Brett

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87.

Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes: A Sh... - Ronald Knox

Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes: A Sherlockian Essay

by Ronald Knox

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88.

Policeman In Armour

by Rupert Penny, Gavin L. O'Keefe

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89.

Sealed Room Murder

by Rupert Penny

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90.

Policeman's Evidence

by Rupert Penny

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91.

The Talkative Policeman

by Rupert Penny

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92.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

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93.

The Mysteries of Udolpho

by Ann Radcliffe

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94.

Das Fräulein von Scuderi: Erzählung aus dem Zeital... - E.T.A. Hoffmann

Das Fräulein von Scuderi: Erzählung aus dem Zeitalter Ludwig des Vierzehnten

by E.T.A. Hoffmann

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95.

A Terribly Strange Bed

by Wilkie Collins

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96.

Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart

by Chrétien de Troyes, Burton Raffel

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97.

The Big Bow Mystery: A Magic Lamp Classic Mystery

by Israel Zangwill

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98.

The Inn of the Two Witches

by Joseph Conrad

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99.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux

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100.

Terror at Staups House

by Frank King

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101.

Death In The Dusk

by Virgil Markham

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102.

The Black Door

by Virgil Markham

Note: aka "Shock!"

103.

The Devil Drives

by Virgil Markham

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104.

The Great Merlini: The Complete Stories of the Mag... - Clayton Rawson

The Great Merlini: The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective

by Clayton Rawson

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105.

Don Diavolo

by Clayton Rawson

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106.

Rim of the Pit (Rogan Kincaid, #2)

by Hake Talbot

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107.

Killer's Wedge

by Ed McBain

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108.

The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Mystery

by Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall

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109.

The Tokyo Zodiac Murders

by Ross MacKenzie, Soji Shimada, Shika MacKenzie

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110.

The manuscript murder

by George LIMNELIUS

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111.

The General Goes Too Far

by Lewis Robinson, George Limnelius

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112.

Death of a Shadow

by Anthony Wynne

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113.

Death of a Banker

by Anthony Wynne

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114.

It Walks by Night

by John Dickson Carr

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115.

The Judas Window

by John Dickson Carr, Dickson (pseud.), Carter

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116.

The Hungry Goblin

by John Dickson Carr

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Abandoned by user 8 years ago

OMG, thank you for doing this!

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

A random act of selfishness -- glad it's helpful to others as well! FWIW, this is as far as I've read to date -- end of chapter 3. (Which means, so far he's mentioned a staggering average of 21 books per chapter ...)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

FYI: I'm going to curtail this list at the books mentioned in chapters 1-5 and start a new one from chapter 6 onwards -- it'll just get too unwieldy otherwise!

Murder by Death 8 years ago

I'll try to update the records that have missing covers and tidy where needed. This is an incredible effort and a lot of work (as we both know) - it's very appreciated. :)

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

No problem -- and FYI, I did end up doing the prelims on Helen Simpson, disentangling the Detection Club member from the writer born in the 1950s and adding a bio for the Detection Club writer (who was of Aussie origin, incidentally).

Murder by Death 8 years ago

HA! That answers the question I cross posted to the other list. :D

And yes, I used the NLA for source links for most of the old editions for her books.

Person Of Interest 8 years ago

Thanks again, Themis.

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books 8 years ago

You're very welcome! I knew I would end up doing this before I'd even started reading the book (sigh).

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